Yngwie Malmsteen's: Rising force CD (1st, debut) 1984. Original, German 1st press. Check samples + video

Malmsteen released his first solo album Rising Force in 1984, which featured Barrie Barlow of Jethro Tull on drums. His album was really meant to be an instrumental side-project of Alcatrazz, but it contained vocals, and Malmsteen left Alcatrazz soon after the release of Rising Force.
Rising Force won the Guitar Player Magazine's award for Best Rock Album and was also nominated for a Grammy for 'Best Rock Instrumental', achieving #60 on the Billboard album chart.

Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force – Rising Force
Label: Polydor – 825 324-2
Format: CD
Country: Germany
Released: 1984
Genre: Rock
Style: Heavy Metal

Rising Force - Studio album by Yngwie Malmsteen
Released: 1984
Recorded: Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles, California
Genre: Neo-classical metal, heavy metal, instrumental rock
Length: 39:33
Label: Polydor
Producer: Yngwie Malmsteen

SAMPLES:
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Rising Force is the first studio album by guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, released in 1984 through Polydor Records. An article in Guitar World magazine ranked the album as first in the all-time top ten list of shred albums.

Track listing:
All songs written and composed by Yngwie Malmsteen.
1. "Black Star" 4:53
2. "Far Beyond the Sun" 5:52
3. "Now Your Ships Are Burned" 4:11
4. "Evil Eye" 5:14
5. "Icarus' Dream Suite Op. 4" (based on Remo Giazotto's "Adagio in G minor") 8:33
6. "As Above, So Below" 4:39
7. "Little Savage" 5:22
8. "Farewell" 0:49
Total length:
39:33

Yngwie Malmsteen – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, Moog Taurus, bass guitar, production
Jeff Scott Soto – vocals
Jens Johansson – keyboard, harpsichord arrangement (track 7)
Barriemore Barlow – drums

This dude from Sweden with the attitude from hell and the fingers forged of lighning really turned some heads. After snagging Uli Jon Roth licks in Alcatrazz, Yngwie settles down on his own and created one of the most important neo-classical shredder albums of all time. Just listening to it every now and again still fills me with awe. Since most of Rising Force is instrumental, Yngwie never caught on with the chick crowd and therefore never attained Rock God stature. He was more of a mucisian's musician. The two songs that bear lyrics are "As Above, So Below" & "Now Your Ships Are Burned" giving us a glimpse of the coolness that was Jeff Scot Soto on lead vocals. "Black Star" is the quintessential Yngwie staple. "Far Beyond The Sun" rocks in so many ways that it makes your head reel and the intensity of "Icarus Dream Suite Op. 4" with Yngwie trading licks with keyboardist Jens Johansen is insane. "Evil Eye" is very cool and one of the first songs I ever learned on guitar. "Little Savage" is mostly Yngwie showing off his speed to a pounding, semi-monotonous beat. And "Farewell" is just a little lesson in harmonics. Overall, you wanna hear a pioneer in the guitar shredding community. Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force is the album to buy. You won't be disappointed. After listening to him, you'll wind up using your guitar as a coffee table, as Spinal Tap's David St. Hubbins once said of The Ynger.

Dig it!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Beginning of a Maestro,
Yngwie Malmsteen had quit the two bands before creating Rising Force with him as the main person. Malmsteen quickly recruited Jens Johansson (Keyboardist Phenomenon who is currently in a dying band Stratovarious), Barriemore Barlow (On the drums, whew this guy rocks!), Jeff Soto for vocals (Jeff Soto's voice isn't heard that much on this album but people don't really care as if you buy this album you should expect mostly an instrumental type of record) and Yngwie Malmsteen on the Acoustic, Electric AND Bass guitar. What in hells name does he NOT play? His raw and pure energy had been recorded in this album and I doubt anyone can find something as great as this album. Yes somehow this was the first album I had bought and I don't think I regret EVER buying this.